Well, the PP was much better in the 1st year, mind you. >>
A lot had to do with the Jets scoring on every 4th shot when Stapleton was on the ice... wasn't going to stay that way.
If you look at the underlying numbers, the Jets power play was at it's best on the second half of the second season... Infact the Jets PP was above average for the 2nd half, although they weren't quite getting bounces.
So not actually sure if this is a step in the right direction.
PP is always tricky to evaluate because the TOI is so extremely limited that sampling bias is huge. That's why PP% is so ****ty of an evaluator.
PP is best evaluated by shot attempts and is extremely affected by system. There is a reason the top 4 best forwards for shot attempts for on PP are all sharks, and the next three are on one team, and the next three are on another team.
IMO the system wasn't bad the problems were:
*Tobi/Buff injuries
*Jokinen used as QB instead of either net guy or half wall
*the non-net down low guy was too low, thus always missing high % goal opportunities with rebounds
*zone entry, Jets had problems with gaining zone when they used Jokinen as the guy to often